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A MAGIC telescope detects particle showers released by gamma rays, using the Cherenkov radiation (faint light radiated by the charged particles). The first telescope was built in 2004, the second MAGIC telescope started taking data in July 2009.

MAGIC detected very high energy cosmic rays from a quasar at 5 billion light years from Earth. This doubles the previous record distance from which very high energy cosmic rays have been detected. The signal indicated that the universe is more transparent than previously thought.
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Author Luc.T from Buggenhout, België
Camera location28° 45′ 40.38″ N, 17° 53′ 22.85″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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